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After his conversation with Shiori, Yukina had been avoiding Hiei. He thought it was possible she could have heard what he said, but he couldn't tell without the Jagan.

It would have been so much easier if I had that right about now, Hiei thought. He was still trying to figure out this bizarre situation.

"Hiei," Kurama called him out of his thoughts.

"What?" Hiei snapped.

"You've been brooding for days and Yukina has been avoiding everyone," Kurama observed. "What's up?"

Hiei crossed his arms and looked away. "Hn. Nothing that concerns you, fox."

Kurama rolled his eyes at the snappy fire demon. "Look, the two of you are my guests here because you somehow knew I was a demon. So your business became my business the day I allowed you to stay here. Talk."

Hiei was never one to argue with Kurama, and he did make a valid point. In the real world, he had met Kurama before and, in a strange way, they became friends. Here, he had never met the demon before, but even so, was permitted to stay there with his sister.

Hiei let out a huff of air and said, "I think Yukina heard me talking to your mother. She asked me if my mother was ever coming after she explained she would never risk separating Yukina and I. I told her our mother was never coming. I don't know if Yukina heard us or not, but if she did, she's probably avoiding me for lying to her."

"If that were the case, she wouldn't be avoiding everyone, just you," Kurama stated. Hiei glared at him but let him continue. Then Kurama blushed. "Maybe it's girl stuff, you know? I mean, she is around that age."

Hiei shuddered thinking about how they were most likely hitting demon puberty. He forgot that they were relatively young for demons, about ninety years or so. In about ten years, Yukina would end up being pregnant out of the blue. It hit him that they would have explaining to do then to anyone who didn't know about ice maidens. Then he thought about how frustrating going through puberty was the first time and this time he would not have an outlet for his aggressive nature.

Just great, Hiei thought bitterly.

"You know, if that's the case, you'll be going through changes too," Kurama pointed out.

"Don't remind me," Hiei growled. He didn't need to be reminded.

"Just don't attack any innocent bystanders," Kurama ordered. "I know how aggressive young demons can get as I was one."

Hiei eyed him and then asked, "As someone who has gone through puberty twice, any advice?"

Kurama blushed. "Um, human puberty is a lot…different…than demon puberty, more embarrassing." He then regained his composure. "As for demon puberty, as long as we find you an outlet to release your energy buildup without killing, then everything should be fine. I know of a place where we can go and fight in secret. I say we do that every day for a while."

Hiei nodded his agreement. "Sounds better than what I had planned," he admitted. What he was thinking of would probably get him and Yukina kicked out.

"This is stupid," Hiei said.

"What?" Kurama asked.

"You brought a highly energetic fire demon to the middle of a wooded area to expel his excess energy in a fight. What the hell is wrong with you?"

Kurama chuckled. "Relax, these plants are protected by my energy. They won't combust."

"You planted this forest?" Hiei questioned. He didn't believe it, but hey, it was Kurama.

"Yes, I have the tendency to plant forests in places where I may end up needing them in the future." Hiei snorted remembering the forest that appeared in the Demon World Tournament. There probably were tons more where that came from. "Now let's fight."

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city…

"Yusuke, you have another case," Botan said cheerily.

"Again?" Yusuke asked. He lied back down and pointed over to Kuwabara. "Give it to my secretary. I'm on vacation."

"Hey!" Kuwabara explained. "Urameshi, I am not your secretary."

"Would you rather be called sidekick?" Yusuke teased.

"Oh shut up and just listen!" Botan yelled causing both teens to look at her with a slight hint of fear. "That's better."

"Anyway, Koenma said there've been high fluctuations of demon energy near Kurama's neighborhood."

"Kurama?" Yusuke asked. He remembered his case involving that demon. Kurama had broken into the Spirit World vault and taken some wacky mirror to save his mother. Yusuke helped him and they both survived the mirror's effects. Kurama gave the mirror back after that. Since he only knocked out some guards, gave the artifact back after using it for pure methods, and, most importantly, since King Enma never found out, Koenma let him off with a warning and made him an official member of their team. "Let's go check it out. I mean, I'm sure he's okay, but it couldn't hurt, right?"

Botan and Kuwabara agreed and they headed over to Kurama's neighborhood hoping there weren't any major problems with their friend.

A/N: Haha XD So I had to find a way to explain how Shiori was okay with the whole thing and to get Hiei to meet Yusuke and Kuwabara. I didn't know what to write for the chapter and while I was writing the whole puberty idea hit me. I mean, I never honestly thought about it. Maybe The Big Bang Theory is getting to me since I've been watching it like crazy XD They seem to talk about that stuff a lot. Let me know what you thought? I was laughing the entire time.